The interest in vitamin D continues unabated with thousands of publications contributing to a
vast and growing literature each year. It is widely recognized that the vitamin D receptor …

Vitamin D is unique, in terms of its metabolism and physiologic features and the human
reliance on both endogenous production (activation through exposure to ultraviolet light) …

Abstract The 6th International Conference,“Controversies in Vitamin D,” was convened to
discuss controversial topics, such as vitamin D metabolism, assessment, actions, and …

Research carried out during the past two-decades extended the understanding of actions of
vitamin D, from regulating calcium and phosphate absorption and bone metabolism to many …

The role of vitamin D in maintaining bone health has been known for decades. Recently,
however, the discovery that many tissues expressed the vitamin D receptor and were able to …

Vitamin D deficiency is considered a public health problem due to its worldwide high
prevalence and adverse clinical consequences regarding musculoskeletal health. In …

Vitamin D deficiency, diagnosed when the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD3)
concentration is less than 20 ng/mL, has joined vitamin A deficiency as two of the most …

The past decade, particularly the last 18 months, witnessed a vigorous increase in interest in
vitamin D from both the lay and biomedical worlds. Much of the growing interest in vitamin D …

Despite the numerous reports of the association of vitamin D with a spectrum of
development, disease treatment and health maintenance, vitamin D deficiency is common …

The use of vitamin D supplements to prevent and treat a wide range of illnesses has
increased substantially over the last decade. Epidemiologic evidence links vitamin D …